Schmidt’s and the Bad Neighbor Schnitzel

The owners of the restaurant Schmidt’s on 20th and Folsom streets are in a bit of a schnitzel.

The upstairs neighbor has posted a sign with an arrow pointing to Schmidt’s. “Bad Neighbors,” it announces to anyone walking by. For their part, the owners of the Berlin-style restaurant, say the neighbor causes noise disturbances almost daily. The landlord has told the owners that he doesn’t want to be involved and the police say they can’t yet jump in.

“We don’t know what to do,” said co-owner of the restaurant David Pierce.

Added the other owner, Christiane Schmidt, referring to the sign that went up last weekend during Carnaval. “It’s not good advertisement.”

The upstairs neighbor Patricia Kerman and property owner Kaushik Dattani could not be reached for comment.

Schmidt’s relationship with Kerman has been bad since Schmidt’s opened in May 2009. Back then Kerman complained about a kitchen fan that made too much noise – Schmidt said that while it took her three weeks to make repairs, she was able to muster the $2,000 to do it. READ MORE HERE.